PROJECTION ~ Colorado electoral college amendment defeated

[JURIST Election Special] 10:55 PM ET - Multiple news services are projecting that voters in Colorado have defeated Amendment 36, which would have redistributed that state's 9 electoral votes on a split proportional basis according to popular vote. The defeat of the Amendment avoids litigation that would likely have followed its approval, based on arguments that it could not have "retroactively" applied to the 2004 election itself. From Denver, the Rocky Mountain News has more.

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